Tag: 2018 Berlin International Film Festival
Transit | Review
Those Who Leave: Petzold Collapses Past and Present with Holocaust Redux
Switching things up considerably compared to his previous offerings, German auteur Christian Petzold makes...
Interview: Christian Petzold – Transit
If we think more broadly about the possibilities for narrative cinema in the age of “post-cinema” we can certainly make a case in point...
Daughter of Mine | Review
Miss Mom: Bispuri Challenges Family Symmetry in Captivating Sophomore Pic
With her sensory filled coming-of-age sophomore feature, Laura Bispuri navigates the sweet and sour voyage...
Audio Interview: Laura Bispuri – Daughter of Mine (Figlia mia)
Day 4 at the Berlinale provided a gem of a film in provenance of the Mediterranean Sea's second largest island. The focal point of...
The Heiresses (Las herederas) | Review
Inherit the Wind: Martinessi Explores Class and Desire in Impressive Character Study
While they seem to have outlived their best of times, the two privileged...
Interview: Marcelo Martinessi – The Heiresses (Las Herederas) | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Paraguayan filmmaker Marcelo Martinessi's feature debut is one of the more unique queer cinema film examples of recent memory in terms of offering a...
Audio Interview: Adina Pintilie – Touch Me Not
Adhering to a framework that borrows from her documentary and experimental background, Romanian filmmaker Adina Pintilie's first foray into fiction explores our own insecurities...
Dovlatov | Review
Author! Author!: German Jr. Tackles a Week in the Life of a Dissident Writer
While it’s Alexey German Jr.’s (son of the equally idiosyncratic Alexey...
Interview: Thomas Stuber – In the Aisle | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Continuing with some of his lost souls interests found in his award-winning TIFF debut A Heavy Heart (2015), Thomas Stuber's sophomore feature film focuses on characters who...
Interview: Mani Haghighi – Pig | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival
A thematic combination of his two last works A Dragon Arrives! (2016) and 50 Kilos of Sour Cherries (2016), Mani Haghighi's latest film follows the...
Mug (Twarz) | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Eyes Without a Face: Szumowska Constructs a Christ Figure in Melancholic Farce
Love is a many splendored thing, albeit something often compromised or mutilated by...
Interview: Lav Diaz – Season of the Devil (Ang Panahon ng Halimaw)
Economically shot by this auteur's standards (half the length of 2016's A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery), Lav Diaz's just under four opus cleverly...
Shock Waves: Diary of My Mind / First Name: Mathieu | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review:
In the spirit of the 2011 German mini-series Dreileben (which included segments from Christian Petzold, Christoph Hochhausler, and Dominik Graf), in which a trio...
Eva | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
All About Eva: Jacquot Remounts Losey with a Haughty Huppert
“Don’t get hooked,” she warns of her much younger lover. But by the time she...
The Conversation: Top 5 Most Anticipated 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Offerings
On the surface, the competition lineup for Berlin 2018 seems demurer than the past several years. With the exception of the Wes Anderson opener...